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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They spent $60,000 on a turf field behind their house so Olivia could literally train in her backyard. She began homeschool in fifth grade and eventually, K.C.  Moultrie’s father's primary job became Olivia’s training.

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a little different than Messi and Pele that couldn't even afford a new soccer ball, or in Pele's case--shoes!![/quote]

Where was Messi at 12? Pele? LOL maybe he was fighting for field space with the dinosaurs? [/quote]

Pele turned pro at 15. He's still the youngest player ever to score in a World Cup.

Messi went to La Masia when he was 14 after having already been signed as a youth player at a pro club.
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Their upbringing and socioeconomic status, opportunities was FAR different from Olivia's whose father quit his full-time job to promote her and paid for a $60k turf field in the backyard.

Pele and Messi used soccer as a way out of their circumstances, an escape.  Quite different.[/quote]

Messi also needed medical treatment that his family could not afford.  Barca took care of that.  [/quote]

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